Anthony Burgess

John Anthony Burgess Wilson (; 25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993), commonly known as Anthony Burgess, was an English writer, screenwriter, and composer.

Although Burgess was primarily a comic writer, his dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange remains his best-known novel. Burgess produced a number of other novels, including the Enderby quartet, and Earthly Powers. He wrote librettos and screenplays, including the 1977 television mini-series Jesus of Nazareth. He worked as a literary critic for several publications, including The Observer and The Guardian, and wrote studies of classic writers, notably James Joyce. A versatile linguist, Burgess lectured in phonetics, and translated Cyrano de Bergerac, Oedipus Rex, and the opera Carmen, among others. He was nominated and shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973.

Burgess also composed over 250 musical works; he considered himself as much a composer as an author, although he achieved considerably more success in writing.

Notable works: A Clockwork Orange Awards: Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Companion of Literature, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Ackerley Prize, Christopher Award Education: Xaverian College, Victoria University of Manchester

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